Cymru
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Welsh Cymru.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkʌm.ɹi/
Proper noun
Cymru
- (rare) Wales
Welsh
Etymology
Equivalent to cyn- (“with, together”) + bro (“country”). Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kom- (associative prefix) + *mrogis (“region, country”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkəmrɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkəmri/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -əmrɨ
- Homophone: Cymry
Proper noun
Cymru f
- Wales
Derived terms
- Cymraeg
- Cymro
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| Cymru | Gymru | Nghymru | Chymru |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 280